Nature Communications (May 2021)

The poleward enhanced Arctic Ocean cooling machine in a warming climate

  • Qi Shu,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Zhenya Song,
  • Fangli Qiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23321-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The Arctic Ocean cooling machine, currently the Barents Sea, plays a crucial role in both regulating the climate and determining the deep ocean circulation. Here the authors show that the efficiency of the cooling machine is poleward enhanced in a warming climate, which pushes Arctic Atlantification poleward.